Behind the Scenes of a Channel Blackout
Nobody likes it, but it's an unfortunate fact of life in today's TV business - from time to time, channels have to be removed or "blacked out" from cable networks as a result of programming disputes.
View ArticleProposals Seek to End TV and Online Blackouts that Result from Retransmission...
TV and online blackouts like the one that affected thousands of Time Warner Cable subscribers when the cable company and CBS fought over retransmission fees could become a thing of the past, if...
View ArticleBuckeye forced to drop WNWO, Ch. 24
WNWO, Channel 24, the NBC affiliate in the Toledo area, on Sunday ordered Buckeye CableSystem to remove its signal from Buckeye’s carriage at midnight after the existing retransmission consent contract...
View ArticleBuckeye Blackout: The Retransmission Consent Problem in a Nutshell
A national television conglomerate is forcing local cable companies to accept exorbitant retrans fee increases. These profits then help enable it to purchase more local stations. Keep in mind that...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable, Tribune Renew Distribution Agreement
Tribune and Time Warner have reached a multi-year distribution deal for multiple Tribune broadcast stations, Local TV Holdings stations and WGN America, the companies jointly announced Sunday.
View ArticleFight continues over cable retransmission fees
After several years of TV blackouts and hardball negotiating tactics, the Big Four networks are being paid substantial new fees by cable- and satellite-TV companies for the rights to distribute their...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Agrees to Launch FOX Sports San Diego
FOX Sports San Diego and Time Warner Cable are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to carry the new regional sports network in time for Padres baseball. Time Warner Cable will begin...
View ArticleFCC Tackles Retrans Reforms
Throwing its regulatory weight around, the FCC is moving to curb some of the power that broadcasters have in striking retransmission-consent deals with pay-TV providers.
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